Perhaps the most cheerful looking thing in Alton (sorry C of C) this TRRA alumnus is one of the switchers shuffling cars at a large metals recycler. Taken with permission, PEP etc.

Built in April 1965 as Terminal Railroad Association 1236, this EMD SW1200 later became Lange-Stegmann Company 1236, then Foster Townsend Rail Logistics 1236, before being sent south to Gulf Coast... (more)

Built in June 1964 as Terminal Railroad Association 1229, this EMD SW1200 later became Lange-Stegmann Company 1229, then Foster Townsend Rail Logistics 1229, before being sent south to Gulf Coast ... (more)

Plant power for Alton Steel takes it easy on this beautiful afternoon. We have a pair of Gulf Coast Rail Services SW1200's and a GP9R that still wears Grand Trunk paint. The two SW1200's are forme... (more)

NS 5193 pulls for headroom on the old Illinois Terminal in Alton, Illinois with the Alton Local.

A pair of 60-year-old locomotives still active at Alton Steel in Alton, Illinois. GTW 4614 is a GP9R built in 1957. Gulf Coast Rail Services 1236 is an ex-Terminal Railroad of Saint Louis SW1200... (more)

During the golden hour Union Pacific Missouri Pacific Heritage Unit arrives in the St. Louis metropolitan area after a delay due to a vehicle stuck at a crossing in Central Illinois.

NS local out of Federal Yard DF25 is seen working the Ardent Mills complex in Alton Illinois with a classy looking ex Southern high hood GP38-2 doing the honors. The Mississippi River Bluffs provi... (more)

Amtrak 306 passes beneath the B&O-style Color Position Light signals at CP Wann. These signals date to the B&O ownership of the Chicago & Alton, and are among the last left standing on the line.

With a CSX C40-8W and a CEFX SD40M-2 in an SD45 carbody, KCS train IVNKC rolls north on the UP Springfield Sub passing the Alton IL Amtrak Station.

Still in green three months before the ITC's acquisition by Norfolk & Western.

Northbound Amtrak "Lincoln Service" departing Alton, IL Amtrak station on a beautiful mid spring late afternoon. The train was completely filled, as increasing numbers of people are discovering r... (more)

There was quite a line. They looked pretty good for goners. The acetylene heads cut the traction motor leads rather than disconnecting them reducing the RTO value. If only they'd had a good pri... (more)

The local trundles down the old main with scrap for Azcon. The truss bridge is over Wood River creek. This line recently lost one of two wig wags due to the Indiana Avenue extension.

Westbound Amtrak Ann Rutledge(GE-P42DC #141) taking on passengers at Alton, Illinois on a crisp autumn day--Canon PowerShot G2